February is Chinese Heritage Month at the TDSB

The
Toronto District School Board is proud to recognize Chinese Heritage Month
during the month of February and the theme this year is “Year of the
Pig: Happy, Easy Going, Honest, Trusting, Sincere, Optimistic & Sociable.”

During
this month, we celebrate the energetic culture and traditions of the Chinese
community with students, staff and community members of the Toronto District
School Board and the City of Toronto.

Chinese
community is integral to the growth and success of the City of Toronto and
Canada. Members of the Chinese community represent approximately 10 percent of
the total GTA population and form its second largest visible minority group.
Canadians remember and appreciate the Chinese workers who helped build the
Canadian Pacific Railway that united our country.
Chinese-Canadians recognize Lunar New Year on
Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Lunar New Year is also known as the Spring Festival
and begins with the first moon of the lunar calendar and ends on the first full
moon of the lunar calendar 15 days later!